Man Creates God in Kumortuli
Sarika reminisces about Durga Puja in Assam, where she grew up. She recalls a visit to Kumortuli, the potters’ colony, inhabited by the idol makers for ages. They live...
Art and Artlessness
In this part of Art Thought, Arindam seeks to differentiate art and artlessness. He quotes Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, who shows how a mathematician sees beauty in a ‘beautiful equation’. In the...
Cuisine & Street Art Co-exist in George Town, Penang
Dr Roopali takes us on a tour of Penang, Malaysia. She explores its cultural traditions, cuisines, and street art, along with its sites and sounds – exclusively for Different...
The Portrait of Kali and Divine Blessing
Kali is in the eye of the storm; a documentary filmmaker and a Trinamool Congress MP, Mahua Moitra, is facing censure. Dr Dhiraj tells us about his photography and painting...
Memoir: My Journey, the Early Phase – I
Nibedita, a renowned artist, reveals her journey, as an artist, from her childhood. In the first part of the three-part series, she tells us about the early phase of...
Coffee Artist Hima Bindu: Pioneering Creativity
Coffee Art is unusual and unique. Monika picks brain of a Coffee artist, Hima Bindu, in this interview. An exclusive for Different Truths. It won’t just be a notion...
An Artist and the Commune
Soumya takes us to the bohemian lifestyle of his artist daughter and the commune she lived in. An exclusive for Different Truths. When my daughter opted to study art...
The Story of Renoir’s Famous Painting, Dance at Bougival
Dance at Bougival remains the most popular and idyllic amongst the three popular dance paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It inspired many artists. Monika, an art historian, tells us about...
The Story Behind Translating Thakurmar Jhuli into English
Sutapa tells us the story behind the story of translating Thakumar Jhuli, an iconic children’s book, from Bengali into English. She shares the wow and woes of a translator....
What Prompted me to Paint the Geeta Slokas?
Satyajit gives us an insight into spiritual art and what prompted him to paint the slokas of Sree Geeta. An exclusive for Different Truths. This drawing is a depiction...